Results 1-20 of 27 for "freedom of information" speaker:Phil Woolas

Olympics: FOI Request (Immigration) (9 Nov 2009) has video

Phil Woolas: .... The report can be read on the website and has been there since 2004. A request for information from a Mr. Steve Moxon was received in January 2005. We have followed the processes as set out in the Freedom of Information Act. Some information was released when first requested. As the Act allows, some information was initially withheld on the basis of an exemption under the Freedom of...

Olympics: FOI Request (Immigration) (9 Nov 2009) has video

Phil Woolas: ...Standard correspondent, who wrote in that paper on 26 October: "My views have been twisted out of all recognition." That is what Mr. Neather, whom the hon. Gentleman prays in aid, said. On the freedom of information request, the serious allegation was that we broke the law. In fact, the instruction from the Information Commissioner was issued on 5 March 2009, and on 9 April, in line...

Olympics: FOI Request (Immigration) (9 Nov 2009) has video

Phil Woolas: ...answer today in any way affects the veracity of the evidence given to the Select Committee last week. Indeed, the question today is about the allegation that we have broken the law in applying the Freedom of Information Act, and that is something that I absolutely reject. It is a very serious accusation. The policy that I have been asked about today relates to incidents between 2002 and...

Olympics: FOI Request (Immigration) (9 Nov 2009) has video

Phil Woolas: Again, that question is about current policy, not about freedom of information. With your agreement, Mr. Speaker, may I say that if Members are concerned as to why we are here five years after the events, the timetable of compliance with the FOI shows the Home Office in very good light indeed. Indeed, I was surprised that I was able to do to comply so quickly; the delays were not down to the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances (12 Oct 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...was provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee to inform the consultation on domestic violence, forced marriage and 'honour' based violence. The Department will also be releasing this report under a Freedom of Information Act request. However, it will not be formally publishing in the Home Office Research Series due to the concerns outlined above.

Written Answers — Home Department: Freedom of Information (21 Jul 2009)

Phil Woolas: The Freedom of Information Act 2000 obliges public authorities to respond to requests for information within 20 working days. The exception is where an exemption is being considered that engages the public interest test. In these cases the period for response can be extended. In a small number of instances responses have taken longer. There were 50 such cases in 2008. Explanations for the...

Giles Carlyle-Clarke (11 Jun 2009) has video

Phil Woolas: .... However, I was not clear from his speech whether the letter to the Minister was a recent one or whether it was the letter written on the previous occasion. Similarly, I am not clear whether the freedom of information request that he referred to was recent or related back to the previous situation. Will the hon. Gentleman help me on that?

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Freedom of Information (20 Apr 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...Office received 1,019 requests, of which 394 resulted in a full or partial release of information. 82 (8 per cent. of the number of requests received) of these responses have been published in the Freedom of Information disclosure log on the Department's website.

Written Answers — Home Department: House of Commons: Right of Search (26 Mar 2009)

Phil Woolas: holding answer 26 January 2009 No such meetings occurred. The hon. Member's request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been received and he will receive a reply shortly.

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Freedom of Information (4 Mar 2009)

Phil Woolas: Figures for the number of occasions in 2006 and 2007 information has been withheld in full using section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act because the cost of providing a response would exceed the cost limit have been published in the 2006 and 2007 annual reports on the operation of the FOI Act in Central Government. 2006 http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/foi-annual-report-central-gov...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Mass Media (26 Feb 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...of scientific procedures Animal Rights Extremists, protests against experiments on living animals—e.g. SHAC, Huntingdon Life Sciences Calls for Royal Commission on animal experimentation Freedom of Information Act Official Secrets Act Home Office general All other mentions of Home Office and Home Office Ministers and senior civil servants: Annex 2: Regional keywords—used...

Written Answers — Home Department: Freedom of Information (10 Feb 2009)

Phil Woolas: The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. An assessment of the cost of freedom of information within Government can be found in Frontier Economics 2006 report "Independent Review of the Freedom of Information Act". A copy of this report is available in the House of Commons Library.

Written Answers — Home Department: Freedom of Information (10 Feb 2009)

Phil Woolas: Across the Home Office and its agencies, 10 staff deal exclusively with freedom of information requests, four of whom are employed on a part-time basis. A further 17 staff have managed freedom of information requests as a substantial part of their role. Overall, the equivalent of 19.6 full-time posts manage freedom of information requests.

Written Answers — Home Department: Freedom of Information (3 Feb 2009)

Phil Woolas: The average cost of managing Freedom of Information requests is not routinely calculated by the Home Office and the information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost. An assessment of the cost of Freedom of Information within Government can be found in Frontier Economics 2006 report "Independent Review of the Freedom of Information Act". A copy of this report is available in...

Written Answers — Home Department: UK Border Agency (3 Feb 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...making. These are staff undertaking tasks allied to the core casework process, for example: call centres, processing payments, registering applications, customer services, MP's correspondence, Freedom of Information Requests, enforcing decisions. These are teams that operate around registering and concluding aspects of dealing with applications. These figures include posts abroad in...

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration: Criminal Records (23 Oct 2008)

Phil Woolas: ...basis under existing law and policy. The UK Border Agency's website, as follows, provides details of policy and guidance that staff follow. This information is published as part of our commitment to freedom of information. Information on the number of cases found to be of those with criminal records in the UK and abroad (i-ii) and information on those refused ILR because of a criminal...